Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup Referees Rounds 1 and 2

The Round 1 clash of last season's Amlin Challenge Cup winners, Biarritz Olympique, and Aviva Premiership champions, Harlequins, at the Twickenham Stoop will be refereed by Ireland's George Clancy, while Greg Garner of England takes charge of Racing Metro 92 v Munster Rugby at the Stade de France.

Mathieu Raynal of France will referee his first Heineken Cup fixture when Glasgow Warriors host the 2012 beaten finalists, Ulster Rugby, at Scotstoun Stadium in Round 2, and Nigel Owens will be on duty for the Saracens-Racing Metro 92 game in Pool 1 at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on Saturday, 20 October.

Neil Hennessy of Wales will have the honour of refereeing the first game in the 2012/13 European club season when he takes charge of the Amlin Challenge Cup tie between Mont-de-Marsan and Gloucester Rugby at Stade Guy Boniface on Thursday, 11 October.

Ian Tempest (England), Leo Colgan (Ireland), Giuseppe Vivarini (Italy) and Ian Davies (Wales) will all be refereeing their first European matches in Round 1 of the Amlin Challenge Cup.

HEINEKEN CUP ROUND 1
FRIDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2012
Pool 2 Ospreys v Benetton Treviso 20.00 N Paterson (Sco)
Pool 4 Ulster Rugby v Castres Olympique 20.00 A Small (Eng)

SATURDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2012
Pool 1 Edinburgh Rugby v Saracens 13.35 J Lacey (Ire)
Pool 1 Racing Metro 92 v Munster Rugby 14.35 G Garner (Eng)
Pool 3 Zebre v Connacht Rugby 14.35 L Hodges (Wal)
Pool 5 Leinster Rugby v Exeter Chiefs 15.40 P Gauzere (Fra)
Pool 5 ASM Clermont Auvergne v Scarlets 16.40 P Fitzgibbon (Ire)
Pool 3 Harlequins v Biarritz Olympique 18.00 G Clancy (Ire)

SUNDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2012
Pool 4 Northampton Saints v Glasgow Warriors 12.45 R Poite (Fra)
Pool 6 Sale Sharks v Cardiff Blues 12.45 J Garces (Fra)
Pool 2 Toulouse v Leicester Tigers 16.00 N Owens (Wal)
Pool 6 Toulon v Montpellier 21.00 W Barnes (Eng)

HEINEKEN CUP ROUND 2
FRIDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2012
Pool 4 Glasgow Warriors v Ulster Rugby 20.00 M Raynal (Fra)
Pool 4 Castres Olympique v Northampton Saints 21.00 A Rolland (Ire)

SATURDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2012
Pool 5 Scarlets v Leinster Rugby 13.35 G Garner (Eng)
Pool 2 Benetton Treviso v Toulouse 14.35 L Hodges (Wal)
Pool 1 Saracens v Racing Metro 92 16.40 N Owens (Wal)
Pool 3 Connacht Rugby v Harlequins 18.00 J Garces (Fra)
Pool 5 Exeter Chiefs v ASM Clermont Auvergne 18.00 J Lacey (Ire)
Pool 3 Biarritz Olympique v Zebre 19.00 D Phillips (Ire)

SUNDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2012
Pool 1 Munster Rugby v Edinburgh Rugby 12.45 W Barnes (Eng)
Pool 6 Cardiff Blues v Toulon 12.45 G Clancy (Ire)
Pool 2 Leicester Tigers v Ospreys 15.00 R Poite (Fra)
Pool 6 Montpellier v Sale Sharks 16.00 N Paterson (Sco)

AMLIN CHALLENGE CUP
ROUND 1
THURSDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2012
Pool 1 Mont-de-Marsan v Gloucester Rugby 20.30 N Hennessy (Wal)
FRIDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2012
Pool 5 Grenoble v I Cavalieri Prato 19.30 I Davies (Wal)
Pool 3 Bayonne v Rugby Mogliano 20.00 I Tempest (Eng)
SATURDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2012
Pool 2 VEA Femi-CZ Rovigo v Perpignan 15.00 A McMenemy (Scot)
Pool 4 Bucharest Wolves v Bath Rugby 15.00 C Marchat (Fra)
Pool 5 London Welsh v Stade Francais 15.00 M Mitrea (Ita)
Pool 2 Bizkaia Gernika v Worcester Warriors 16.00 G Vivarini (Ita)
Pool 4 Cammi Rugby Calvisano v Agen, 19.00 D Wilikinson (Ire)
Pool 3 London Wasps v Dragons 20.10 M Raynal (Fra)
Pool 1 Bordeaux-Begles v London Irish 21.00 D Philips (Ire)

ROUND 2
THURSDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2012
Pool 1 Gloucester Rugby v Bordeaux-Begles 19.45 M Mitrea (Ita)
Pool 4 Agen v Bath Rugby 20.45 N Hennessy (Wal)
SATURDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2012
Pool 5 I Cavalieri Prato v London Welsh 14.00 L Colgan (Ire)
Pool 1 London Irish v Mont-de-Marsan 15.00 A McMenemy (Sco)
Pool 2 Worcester v VEA Femi-CZ Rovigo 15.00 I Davies (Wal)
Pool 4 Bucharest v Cammi Rugby Calvisano 15.00 L Cardona (Fra)
Pool 2 Perpignan v Bizkaia Gernika RT 19.00 I Tempest (Eng)
Pool 3 Newport Gwent Dragons v Bayonne 20.10 L Pearce (Eng)
Pool 5 Stade Francais v Grenoble 21.00 A Small (Eng)
SUNDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2012
Pool 3 Rugby Mogliano - London Wasps 14.30 D Wilkinson (Ire)